Karel Urbánek

Karel Urbánek
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
In office
24 November 1989  20 December 1989
Preceded byMiloš Jakeš
Succeeded byLadislav Adamec (as party chairman)
Personal details
Born (1941-03-22) 22 March 1941
Bojkovice, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (present-day Czech Republic)
Political partyCommunist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (since 1990)
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (until 1990)
OccupationPolitician

Karel Urbánek (born 22 March 1941 in Bojkovice, Moravia) is a retired Czech politician, and the last Communist leader of Czechoslovakia.